@cyanheads/openalex-mcp-server
by cyanheads
Server Configuration
Describes the environment variables required to run the server.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| LOGS_DIR | No | Directory for log files (Node.js only). | |
| OTEL_ENABLED | No | Enable OpenTelemetry instrumentation. | false |
| MCP_AUTH_MODE | No | Auth mode: none, jwt, or oauth. | none |
| MCP_HTTP_PORT | No | Port for HTTP server. | 3010 |
| MCP_LOG_LEVEL | No | Log level (RFC 5424). | debug |
| OPENALEX_API_KEY | No | Optional. Email address for the OpenAlex polite pool (10x faster rate limits). | |
| OPENALEX_BASE_URL | No | OpenAlex API base URL. | https://api.openalex.org |
| MCP_TRANSPORT_TYPE | No | Transport: stdio or http. | stdio |
| MCP_ALLOWED_ORIGINS | No | Comma-separated allow-list of browser Origin headers for HTTP transport. Unset = loopback-only; set to * to disable. |
Capabilities
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Tools
Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions
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Prompts
Interactive templates invoked by user choice
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No prompts | |
Resources
Contextual data attached and managed by the client
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